Lana Payne speaking at the Unifor Canadian Council in Winnipeg, Manitoba [Image Source: Facebook]

One of the outcomes of the recent Unifor Canadian Council in Winnipeg, Manitoba was Unifor’s resolution to adopt the philosophy of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) and incorporate the BDS mandate into their organization. Unifor is Canada’s largest private sector union, with more than 310,000 members across the country, working in every major sector of the Canadian economy. Some of the language used in Unifor’s Canadian Council resolution (see page 7 for the resolution) include:

Unifor supports the use of divestment, boycott and sanctions (“BDS”) that are targeted to those sectors of Israel’s economy and society […] Unifor will support such a form of BDS until such time as Israel implements a permanent ban on further settlement construction in the OPT, and enters into good faith negotiations with representatives of the Palestinian people for the purpose of establishing a viable, contiguous and truly sovereign Palestinian state […] Unifor opposes all efforts to prohibit, punish or otherwise deter expressions of support for BDS.

Its not surprising that there is no mention of the reason for the “Israeli occupation” in the resolution. Of course, there is no mention of Israel’s security concerns and there certainly is no mention of the numerous concessions that Israel has bent over backwards to give the Arabs living in Israel (e.g. work visas and permits for Arab Israeli’s to work in Israel, the Oslo Accords, the Disengagement, security cooperation with the PA etc…).

After the convention, Unifor published a press release saying that it was following in the footsteps of the Palestinian trade union movement. In response to the resolution, Shimon Koffler Fogel, the CEO of Canada’s Centre for Israel Affairs said, “It is appalling that Unifor has allowed itself to be drawn into the anti-Semitic, divisive and counter-productive BDS campaign against Israel. The resolution that passed last week at Unifor’s Canadian Council is misguided and shameful, and it suggests that Unifor has a complete lack of understanding of the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

He continued, saying that “BDS has been roundly rejected by all major federal political parties,” referring to the 2016 condemnation of BDS supporters by both the Liberal and Conservative parties in Canada.

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Charles Richman am September 8, 2017 um 12:11 pm

My Response to the BDS Gang and that Includes you Unifor Canada: Dear BDS gang members, be true to yourself. Please do not use and do not allow your love ones to use the following medical or life saving devices since they were built, invented, or developed in Israel and/or Jewish researchers; just go without treatment. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU, BDS GANG MEMBERS, USE THE FOLLOWING: 1. The PillCam (capsule endoscopy) for detecting blockages or other problems in the intestine and esophagus. Blockages are what you deserve. (Made in Israel). BDS gang enjoy your pain. 2. TA Count-A Real-Time Microbiology—Detection and Counting Harmful Microorganisms in pharmaceuticals, food and drink which are complete in minutes and not days as the antiquated cell culture procedures require. BDS gang members, live with your tissue destructive microorganisms. (Made in Israel). 3. Mazor Robotics’ Spine and other Surgery Robots—a highly accurate procedure that requires less time and less intense radiation. BDS gang members, you’re spineless anyway. (Guess where it is made). 4. Optical Heartbeat Monitor—a fast and accurate camera with a small laser to assess patients heart health. Why should you use this monitor BDS fans since you’re heartless (Don’t let your doctor use it to save your life since it was made in Israel). 5. Itamar’s Medical Watch Pad—Diagnose and treat sleep apnea in persons own bedroom; during sleep walking don’t worry, you are not walking in much traffic in Times Square, NY. 6. EarlySense allows nurses in cardiac wards to monitor patients’ heart rate, respiration, and movements remotely. So don’t let the nurses of your hospitalized father, spouse, mother, or any other of your relatives monitor her/his heart after cardiac arrest. 7. BabySense is a non-touch, no radiation device designed to prevent crib deaths by monitoring a baby’s breathing. Don’t use this devise to protect your child because it was made in Israel. 8. AIDS treatment that targets and destroys more than 40% of HIV-infected cells without affecting healthy cells. Stay infected BDS members. (Made in Israel). 9. Salvarsan discovered by the Jewish researcher, Dr. Ehrlich, for the treatment of Syphilis, should never be used by the BDS gang members and loved ones. 10. By the way the Syphilis diagnostic tool, the Wasserman test was discovered by the Jewish doctor. His name is Wasserman. 11. An Israeli company, Nano Retina, has developed an artificial retina to restore sight to visually impaired people. No one you care about should ever use this device; they should remain blind because of your anti-Jewish hate. 12. Dr. Weisser discovered a method to diagnose Gonorrhea; so avoid use of this diagnostic since Dr. Weisser is Jewish. 13. There should be a warning label on Digitalis since it was discovered by the Jewish researcher Dr. Ludwig Traube; and, Insulin for diabetes treatment should never be used by the BDS gang since Dr. Minkowisky invented it. 14. Israeli organization, the “Save a Child’s Heart” program, performs free open heart surgery on underprivileged children around the world. NOTE: 50% of the patients are from Judea-Samaria, Jordan, Iraq, and Morocco. A SECOND NOTE NOT PUBLICIZED: Many children and adults from Gaza who are seriously ill received treatment in Israeli hospitals. Why don’t you protest this? 15. What a tragedy it would be if a BDS leader to accept the recommendation of his/her doctor or dentist of Novocain since the Jewish team of Drs. Weil and Widal were the discoverers. You BDS hate mongers enjoy your pain. 16. BDS gang leaders and advocates do not let your children take the Diphtheria treatment Schick vaccine (Bella Schick). And by all means do let them administer the anti-Polio vaccine discovered by the Jewish researcher, Jonas Salk a half a century ago. 17. Dear BDS advocates did you know that Dr. Zalman Waxman invented the drug Streptomycin for the treatment of Tuberculosis—using it is a ‘no, no’ since Waxman is Jewish. 18. An Israeli company has developed RE-WALK, an upright walking assistance tool enabling paraplegics to stand, walk, and climb stairs. 19. BDS gang members please refrain from using Chloral Hydrate when you have uncontrollable convulsions, WHY? Because its discoverer, Dr. Oscar Leibreich, is Jewish. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF 20. By the way you BDS gang members are emulating the former KKK Grand Dragon, David Dukes. Are you not proud of yourself? Charles L. Richman, PhD Professor Emeritus Veteran, US Army Paratrooper Officer

If only they spent the time to truly learn about the history of the middle east, the Arab nations and the Hebrew nations they would realize how ludicrous their position to support BDS is. But sometimes there is nothing that can be done to show intelligent people how misinformed they are. Unfortunately their organization is on of those groups. Yours Truly David Altbaum.

It is sad, and a discrace, that the citiizens of Canada are Not better informed in the truth of what is going on in Israel; past and present. They should study the bible, and also the great contributions Israel has made in medicine, science, engineering, etcetera.

Unifor. You’re talking about occupied territories. Occupied by the First Nation, how can you handle that as a mainly European-back club? You want to throw out the First Nations of Canada? Of course not. It’s a shame, that you want to do that with the First Nation of Israel